Once upon a fairy tale house : the true story of four sisters and the magic they built / Mary Lyn Ray ; illustrated by Giselle Potter.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Beach Lane Books, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781481479820
- 1481479822
- True story of 4 sisters and the magic they built
- Moody family -- Juvenile literature
- Sisters -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Cottages -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Juvenile literature
- Women architects -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Fantastic architecture -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Juvenile literature
- Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | MOODY R264 | Checked out | 06/03/2024 | 33111011305238 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This nonfiction picture book tells the true story of four sisters who used their skills and creativity to bring storybook houses from their childhood fairy tales to life in 1930s Southern California.
Mildred, Harriet, Brenda, and Wilma Moody grew up reading classic fairy tales and inventing their own, wishing they could live in the stories. They imagined storybook houses for themselves and slept there in their dreams every night. As adults, the sisters followed separate career paths until Mildred, an artist, needed a place to paint. Harriet, an architect, sketched plans for a studio that looked like the whimsical abodes from their childhood dreams.
When people saw the enchanting studio, they began to want fairy tale houses of their own. So, Harriet drew more plans, and Mildred decorated the insides, and Brenda and Wilma joined them to take care of the banking and business. Soon, storybook cottages bloomed throughout their tiny town. And when families moved into their new homes, they could all feel just a little bit of the Moody sisters' fairy tale magic.
Includes bibliographical references.
"A picture book biography of the four Moody sisters who designed and built fairy tale-like cottages in Santa Barbara in the 1930s and 1940s"-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 1-8. Beach Lane Books.
Grades 2-3. Beach Lane Books.